BREAKING NEWS: Judges and Justices Are Being Paid Lower Than The Law Requires
And what were are doing about it. You can read more of the story in our news section and click below to read the lawsuit.
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Courts are not computers or buildings. Courts are sessions of people where children in foster care have their fates decided, where crime victims and injured persons, and those accused of crime or causing injury have their day in court. Access requires open doors.
Judge David Lampe,
Executive Director (Ret.)
Our Mission
- To ensure that our courts remain open and accessible
- To ensure accountable local management of the California courts
- To guarantee financial responsibility
- To ensure a strong preference for local flexibility in the conduct of court affairs
About Us
The Alliance of California Judges was formed on September 11, 2009, in response to an unprecedented financial crisis facing our judicial branch. We are an organization of more than 500 California judges. We have become a powerful and meaningful voice to independently advocate on behalf of judges and communicate with the public, media, and executive and legislative branches of our state government. We offer positive and constructive comments on appropriate trial court management and prudent budgeting.
Centralized court fiscal management and state facilities ownership was conceived to address funding inequities between the various counties. It was implemented during a time California enjoyed an unprecedented era of financial stability and significant revenue generation. Before the end of the last decade, that changed for the worse.
The Alliance is dedicated to restoring greater consensus and shared purpose within the California judiciary. Our organization does not stand in opposition to any existing judicial group. We are not advocating any ultimate budget outcome for our courts. We are urging reaffirmation of the primacy of local trial court management as set forth in Government Code section 77001, and full participation of our local trial courts in the critical budget and management decisions every court in California faces today.
